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Show IS SAPS; FLOOD SITUATION ' AT KANSAS CITY MFjQ?ES Waters Rising Rapidly at ; St Louis, but. No Dan- ger Feared; Work of Relief in Districts Sub-X Sub-X ' merged by Floods. 1 -KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 3. Flood conditions were materially better during, dur-ing, the night, and on all sides this morning the Intense strain of the past four days had for the first time been relieved Communication by steamer -with Kansas City, Kan, having been jopened up permanently and the exact jPonrfitlons there having become known, au further feeling of anxiety was felt lor the sufferers in that locality. Now 1 that the lay of the land Is known and the relief committees of bath Kansas Eilties are able to work together, they ave mapped out and put into execution (elaborate plans for relieving distress, Restoring order and returning business ; go Its normal channels. These plans are faelng carried out today by an army of ttocal men. reinforced by relief In the , shape of food and boats sent In from St. Joseph and Leavenworth. Both Rivers Are Falling. At 7 o'clock this morning the Mls-souri Mls-souri river registered 34.4 feet, a fall of mearly 13 inches In as many hours, and the weather bureau predicts that from . . now on the water at this point will fall gradually but steadily. The Kansas river continues to fall at the rate of one-half Inch an hour, and the tops of submerged buildings are beginning to show above the water line. The sun shone today, and this fact was for the good. - V Burlington Train Safe. Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy passenger pas-senger train No. I. from Chicago to Kansas City, due here at 4 o'clock Sun- afternoon. Is supposed to be safe ewhere northeast of here. The train ved at Liberty, Mo., twenty-live ?s northeast of Kansas City, late lay afternoon. The tracks into Kansas Kan-sas City being unsafe and train service in all directions being badly demoralized, demor-alized, the train was split in two parts and. sent east and north to accommo-- accommo-- date the-newndlthnis."Somy or Xta . passengers continued on to Kansas City by other means of transportation, while most of them remained on one of the two sections of the train and returned toward their starting point or dropped off at different towns along the line east and north of Liberty, making connections con-nections with other roads. ' While the exact location of the train is not known, there is every reason to believe that all the passengers are safe. Passengers Are Rescued. ' Blxty-seven passengers from a St. Jo-': Jo-': seph and Grand Island train, which ar-, ar-, rived at the . Milwaukee bridge, five miles east of Kansas City, Sunday night, were rescued by a steamer from ' the Randolph end of the bridge last ' eight. Some of these were at first believed be-lieved to be passengers from the stalled train, but this proved to be not the Bridge Story Incorrect. The report last night that the Missouri Mis-souri Pacific bridge had gone out proved this morning to be Incorrect. The bridge, which spans the Kaw, Is weighted down by seventeen engines, and, as well as can be Judged today by Inspection made with the aid of a field 'glass from the bluff half a mile away, is still safe. The water about the structure struc-ture is lower and the current less strong than yesterday. ' BUTT WELCOMED TO 5 f KANSAS CXTY AFTER AN ;J ABSENCE 0 J A WEEK. i KANSAS CITT, Mo.. June 3. Blue kky was visible above Kansas CHy yr.-t- . ,terday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The rains have ended, the sun was visible j for the first time In a week, and for ; this and other reasons It is thought that ,' the great dangers of the flood are past. r The city has, by a narrow margin. ' escaped a serious shortage in food; has i faced the peril of Are, utterly helpless j m to avert Its consequences, and has suf-I suf-I .fered millions of dollars of damage to I : property, and sustained a loss in life ' I that In all probability never will be I (accurately measured, and now It Is 1. commencing to believe In the promise cf better things. The city has cared for her own In joyal fashion, and is abundantly able to, do so still, but there Is not sufficient suffi-cient food on hand to permit the relief committees and the municipal officers to feel easy over the outlook. Provls-, Provls-, Jons from outside will be cordially welcomed, wel-comed, and while there is no direct ne- Icecslty. there Is urgent need. The .'transportation facilities at the present ' time are so limited that not much freight can be brought In at a time . and there Is danger that the demand s may overrun me supply unless the stock t on hand Is speedily replenished from .-outside. ' Two men lost their lives while fcndeavorlng to save others. Joseph 'JCeenan was drowned while ender.vor-,lng ender.vor-,lng to rescue some men from a house la Union avenue, across from the Union 5 ; station, and Edward Brooks lost his life In Liberty street, where his skiff , (was overturned by an eddy while he -iwas endeavoring to get another man V out of a building. A number of bodies Vwere seen floating down the stream. Sut are believed to be those of people , drowned further up the Kaw, probably , at. North Topeka. ' Fully fifty people were brought to the Tenth street viaduct during the day by 1 - XConttanod' en pare i " Train Is Safe. (Continued from 'page 1.) - t boatmen. None of them had been in great danger, but had remained in buildings until weary of the confinement, confine-ment, and then had signaled for assistance, assist-ance, which was given as rapidly as possible. Many people ase still in the" warehouse and office buildings and will remain there until the flood subsides. They are entirely safe and fairly cotn-fortable. cotn-fortable. There is little probability of much greater financial damage than already has been done. . There have been soma reports of the settling of various large buildings in the wholesale district, but they appear to have, settled in a remarkably re-markably even manner and an expert examination will be required to prove that they are in a dangerous condition. 5000 DESTITUTE AT DES HOINES; NO NEED OF AID FR03I OUTSIDE. DES MOINES. Ia., June 3. The work of caring, for the E000 destitute flood sufferers suf-ferers Is still taxing the local relief committee com-mittee to the utmost, but the committee has affirmed that there Is no need of outside assistance. Ten thousand dollars dol-lars has been subscribed here, In addition addi-tion to a large quantity of clothing and food. At Atlantic, two marooned families were drowned in the Nishnabotna bottoms bot-toms last night, cooped up in their own homes by the flood. For five days they had been compelled to sit on tables, with no drinking water and practically nothing noth-ing to eat. . The river continues to fall rapidly between be-tween here and Keokuk. RAPIDLY RISING, BUT LITTLE DANGER FEARED FROM ST. LOUIS FLOOD. ST. LOUIS. June 8. The Mississippi river continues to rise, a stage of 31.2 feet being shown at 7 a. m. This is a rise of 1.3 feet during the past twenty-four twenty-four hours. It is expected that 32 feet will be reached some time today. In the meantime people all along the river front, both here and in Kast St, Louis, are preparing for the big flood. The riv-ermen riv-ermen and Government officials prodict that the water will be over the levee railroad tracks by noon today and officials offi-cials of the different railroads affected are placing their rolling stock where it will be safe. Weather Observer Bowie sayB of the situation: "The river at Kansas City Is reported ten miles wide. Whatever the cause of delay in the arrival of the waters from thaf. flood stage, the outlook here becomes be-comes more encouraging. The Mississippi Missis-sippi below here is comparatively low, which means that the water at present in the St. Louis district will move out rapidly, thereby possibly permitting the Kansas City stage of river to reach here Friday or Saturday at a time when most of the flood from the Des Moines river and upper Mississippi will have passed PENSION COMMISSIONER WARE SAFE AT TOPEKA; RIVER IS FALLING FAST. TOPEKA, June 3. Eugene P. Ware, Commissioner of Pensions, is here safe. He has been in no danger at any time. He will not try to return to Washington Washing-ton for several days because of the demoralized de-moralized conditions of the railroads. A dispatch last night from Washington indicated that anxiety was felt over Mr. Ware's condition. The family of T. J. Coughlin, president presi-dent of the Coughlin Hardware cotn-pany, cotn-pany, reported last night as being lost, are safe at Perry, fifteen miles from here, where they went before the flood came up. Mr. Coughlin is at New Haven. Ha-ven. Conn. Three deaths from drowning are reported re-ported since last nijht. There are still about 100 persons In houses in the flooded district, but all are safe. The river fell during the n'ght at the rate of an Inch an hour and today i3 still going down rapldly. The refugees nre being taken care of In a systematic manner and there is no acute suffering. Today there is plenty of frsh water, provisions are being sent Inland more in the flooded district is becoming available. |